Author: Hristo
Date: 23:58:09 04/11/02
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If Kasparov knew so much about computers and what makes them strong (weak) chess-players he wouldn't have lost to Deep Blue. Something that can be purchased by everyone is, obviously, not as good and is weaker than the special _one_ that knowbody has seen. Not whithstanding that DB produced, in public games, some quite astonishing mistakes. Like missing a simple win only to have Kasparov resign ... out of frustration, perhaps. Deep thought. How many bugs were in Deep Blue that never got the chance to be fixed? Who cares ... IBM made it into history. Thats it. Kasprov made it too, as the first World Champ to get whipped in public by a bunch of transistors. :-) >> Q: ... chess computers are superior to human beings? A: I think there is no need to comment on this one! ..."Kasparov" << Nice going ... why doesn't Kasparov answer the question. Makes me think. Perhaps he doesn't know! I must confess. I like Kasparov. He is my favourite chess player!!!! He, however, is full of it some times. In this interview he makes comments that are impossible to validate or avoid the truth. The _truth_ is that many of the chess applications today will not make the same mistakes that DB made. The simplest (not necessarily correct) assumption is that these programs would perform better then the one that made the mistakes. Today a common PDA (206 MHz, 64M Ram) matchess closely, if not exceeds, the specifications and performance characteristics of very _powerful_ computer in 1997. Regards, hristo
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